18 March 2008
My dreams of medical school
Tuesday 18 March 2008 - 12.00pm
Now as I sit here in Richardson CAL I feel as if my dreams of being a doctor are slowly but surely running away. I can see it now several meters in front of me, laughing. I say this because I had my physics lab last week and what a fucking pain in the ass that was. At the end of our "experiment" we were given a sheet of questions to answer. I couldn't even answer the first one and I am just getting so frustrated because I'm just not getting it! The same is true of Chemistry and the labs in that class. The stupid fucking test that we have to sit and the end of our labs is worth 15% of our final mark. And of course if you don't really get it (like I don't really get it) you don't really have a chance to cement it in your mind. Last lab, I got 2 out of 6 questions. Thats not even a bloody pass!!!

It's just annoying. I feel like it's going in one ear and out the other and I'm not exactly sure what to do about it. I study most nights for 4 hours, I read the textbook and do the questions but it still dosn't help. CELS and HUBS on the other hand are fine! I'm loving it! I think the moment you start mentioning numbers and formulae and rearraging and what not I freak out. Like, not even a little freak out but a massive panic attack. It also dosn't help not having the internet at our house - yet. Because I need both access to blackboard and my textbooks simultaneously. I am NOT lugging my 4 textbooks to University. It's too far and they are way to heavy. Getting them home from the University Bookshop was mission enough and I almost broke my back doing so.

Fuck my life
Music: Sixx AM - Life is Beautiful
Mood: Worried Worried
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1. krissi krissi : 12:49pm - Tuesday 18 March 2008 #
Hmm perhaps you could take a different approach to learning things. I find just sitting there in the lectures and listening to the lecturer and writing SOME notes to clear up things helps. A lot of students sit there writing furiously through out the lecture barely listening. What's the point? It's all in their study guides/text books. You could try doing mind maps, making flash cards, or joining a study group.
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1. Anonymous User Anonymous User : 3:43pm - Tuesday 18 March 2008 #
My sister in law took three attempts to get into Auckland Medical School. My wife on the other hand got into vet school first time.

Sometimes good things take time. Remember, medicine and vet isn't physics and chemistry, it's far more 'above' that. But, from my wifes own experience, if you struggle with getting into vet school (in her case), you'll really struggle with the rest of the course. The workload seems to increase exponentially every year.
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1. MyAddiction MyAddiction : 5:20am - Wednesday 19 March 2008 #
It isn't the workload as such it's more the "I don't get it can you explain it differently" And because I can't seem much relevance between health science and what we are doing now I keep thinking about the point. And WHY the hell I have to know how to calculate the concentration of an unknown via titration. Give me a doctor who does titration's on a regular basis.

I don't actually want to be a doctor like at a hospital my interest lies actually in public health and epidemiology. Although I'm going into the Army if I get into medical school and get my GP training there.
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1. tracy tracy : 2:53pm - Wednesday 19 March 2008 #
If you need someone to explain it differently, team up with someone in your class and ask them if they understand it. Sometimes someone who just learnt it like you can find a way to make it seem less complicated.

But yeah I agree with Krissi on the whole just listening during lectures, it's worked wonders for me.
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2. MyAddiction MyAddiction : 6:51am - Wednesday 19 March 2008 #
Thanks for the suggestions. I may try flash cards I like mind maps. They let me see how everything is related, because it being science, everything is T_T
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